Celebrating the legacy of Celia Cruz

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🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

To celebrate the release of a new book from NPR Music, How Women Made Music, as well as the 50th anniversary this year of the album Celia & Johnny, Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre walk through their favorite songs by the legendary Celia Cruz, alongside the artist's niece Linda Pritchett.

Songs featured in this episode:

• Celia Cruz, "Bemba Colorá"
• Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, "Yiri Yiri Bon"
• Celia Cruz, "La Negra Tiene Tumbao"
• Celia Cruz, "Quimbara"
• Celia Cruz, "Cuando Salí de Cuba"
• Celia Cruz, "La vida es un carnaval"

Audio for this episode of Alt.Latino was edited and mixed by Simon Rentner. Editorial support from Hazel Cills. Our project manager is Grace Chung. NPR Music's executive producer is Suraya Mohamed. Our VP of Music and Visuals is Keith Jenkins.

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0:00.0	Support for NPR and the following message come from Yarl and Pamela Mohn, thanking the people who make public radio great every day and also those who listen.
0:11.0	From NPR music, this is Alt Latino. I'm Felix Contreras. And I'm Ana Maria Sayer. Let the Chisne begin.
0:17.6	Okay, the Chisme this week is celebration. We got three things to celebrate.
0:21.6	Oh, my God.
0:22.1	Three whole things, Felix?
0:23.7	Yes, okay, check it out.
0:24.8	We're celebrating the publication of a book by NPR Music called How Women Made Music.
0:30.5	Oh, I love this book.
0:32.0	It's all about how women are actually the people making these huge contributions.
0:37.0	Exactly.
0:38.2	And we're also celebrating the 50th anniversary of Celia and Johnny,
0:42.1	a Fanya Records album that was so influential that it still reverberates today.
0:47.1	Absolutely love that record.
0:49.9	And we're also celebrating the 60th anniversary of Fanya Records.
0:54.5	And that is such an important anniversary.
0:56.8	We've been trying to figure out just how to celebrate because it matters so much.
1:01.0	We have one voice this week that pulls all three of those together.
1:04.2	And that voice belongs to...
1:05.8	La Reina herself, Celia Cruz.
1:08.5	No, we didn't bring Celia on the show.
1:09.7	But we have her niece, the amazing,
1:12.9	incredible, wonderful Linda Pritchett, speaking to us from South Fulton, Georgia.
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